Would you marry an organizer? Think about it.

It started out as a normal Saturday. We had obligations later in the day, but we are able to take it slow in the morning. So my husband heads off to the gym on his Goldwing and I hit the gerbil track at home (my term for the treadmill). While I am on the treadmill,

Planning to Prevent Failure

“Planning to Prevent Failure” Jeffrey J. Fox page 68 of How to Become a Rainmaker That is all organizing is, planning to prevent failure.  Trying to stay on top of my reading for the book club is not always easy.  I seem to give away that time to eating, finishing a work project or driving

Mushroom Photo – for a friend

This whole post is for Susan Saetre.  I had a chance to introduce her to pinterest last week.  Since she is in the business of healthy mushrooms with her website www.prohealthspot.com, which has this coffee that is a mix of organic coffee and medical mushrooms.  Not being a coffee drinker I can not make an

NEW Thrift Store – Healing Journey

Recycling just got easier. I noticed a new thrift store opening in St. Cloud. Healing Journey thrift store for Quite Oaks over by the school of business. I am so excited to finally see a good amount options and locations to donate stuff in the area. Some of my clients used to express that they

Children of hoarders- you are not alone

As the Holiday’s approach it is not uncommon for me to receive calls from people worried about their parents and the vast amount of stuff that is taking over the house that their parents live in. I really dislike the term hoarder.  I have coined my own term Acquisition Expert (TM).  Lots of items are

Passing on Personal Possessions

A conversation arose with a client today about what to do with all of her personal stuff? She is moving to a new smaller home and only needs about 20% of what she has. Does she share it now? Who wants it? Do they know the story behind some of the items? This is a

Closet Organizing and Storage

One of the most asked questions I get is about organizing and storing items in your closet. If it is not an item of clothing and you are moving it into storage somewhere you need to ask a couple of questions: #1 Do I really need this? If NO – DON’T KEEP THIS ITEM! #2

Organizing for Personality Types – Personality Tests

I was taking an NSGCD class on Tuesday about Personality Types and how they like to organize and how they are motivated. During the class they listed some Quick tests, you could take for personality typing, available on the web and I wanted to share them with you.   Color Quiz: www.colorquiz.com/title.html Learning Style Preference

ADD Hyperactivity – 3 main types

ADD Hyperactivity has three subtypes: -Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive -Predominantly inattentive -Combined hyperactive-impulsive and inattentive to learn more check-out this website http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/complete-index.shtml#pub1

Finding Balance – Men and Women See Organizing Differently

I read an article by Jill LaBorde in the Business Central magazine and she quoted a study by the University of Wisconsin about men and women and what they do with down time. Dr. Denise Skinner found this “women typically use downtime to become more organized, men posses more of a sense of entitlement when